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WFNC Vision Statement

The WFNC strives to create a safe, healthy and fun environment for families to attend our reserve and participate in their chosen sport. We are committed to creating the best junior development programs to enhance the ability and enjoyment of all junior players. The senior grades are focused on bringing success to the club and reward the volunteers with premiership glory. Our club invests in junior development programs that create a competitive environment with the focus on junior development to enable our youth the chance and opportunities to play at a higher level within our club and at representative level.

WFNC Player Code of Conduct

• Respect the rights, dignity and worth of fellow players, officials and spectators.
• Refrain from conduct that could be regarded as sexual or other harassment.
• Respect the talent, potential and development of fellow players and competitors.
• Care and respect the uniform and equipment provided to you.
• Be frank, and honest with your coach concerning illness and injury and your ability to train and play fully.
• Conduct yourself in a responsible manner relating to language, temper and punctuality.
• Maintain a high standard of personal behaviour at all times.
• Abide by the rules and respect the decision of the umpires. Be courteous and use the correct process when seeking a rule clarification.
• Be honest in your attitude and preparation to training. Work equally hard for yourself and your team.
• Cooperate with coaches and staff in relation to programs that adequately prepare you for competition.
• Do not engage in practises that affect your sporting performance (alcohol, tobacco and drug use).
• Refrain from any behavior that may bring your club into disrepute. This includes on and off field behavior, behavior at Club functions and comments made on social networking and other internet sites and in the media.

WFNC Parent/Guardian Code of Behaviour

• All Parents are expected to be active club members and will be allocated a position for game day tasks by the team manager and a shift in the canteen from the senior committee.
• If your child is interested, encourage them to participate in the appropriate sport. However if your child is not willing to participate, do not force him or her. Remember children are involved in organised activity for their enjoyment, not yours.
• Focus upon your child’s efforts and performance rather than the overall outcome of the event. This assists your child in setting realistic goals related to his/her ability by reducing emphasis on winning.
• Teach your child that an honest effort is as important as victory, so that the result of each game is accepted without undue disappointment.
• Encourage your child to always play according to the rules.
• Never ridicule or yell at a child for making a mistake or losing a game.
• Remember that children learn best from example. Applaud good play by all players.
• If you disagree with an umpire or coach, raise the issue through appropriate channels rather than question their judgement or honesty in public.
• Support all efforts to remove verbal and physical abuse.
• Recognise and respect the value and importance of volunteer administrators, coaches and umpires.
• Be a model of good sports behaviour for children to copy.
• Be courteous in communication with administrators, coaches, players and umpires. Teach children to do likewise.
• Refrain from any behavior that may bring your club into disrepute. This includes on and off field behavior, behavior at Club functions and comments made on social networking and other internet sites and in the media.

WFNC Supporter Code of Behaviour

There is zero tolerance on verbal abuse to any umpire, WFNC players, Opposition players, WFNC officials or opposition officials.

The WFNC expects a culture of supporting the yellow and black, no dissent or verbal abuse is accepted. If you hear any, be proud enough to remind the person that we are here to support our players only.

WFNC Media Terms

• The WFNC uses a club photographer who takes photos of club events and game days. These photos are great for the community and the players to watch themselves in action.
• Any person under the age of 18 needs consent for the photos to be published – this consent is deemed to have been given by being a paid member or player of the WFNC unless specifically advised by the individual or their guardian that this consent is not given.
• At any stage you have an issue with the content – please contact the president via email on president@woorinenfnc.com.au

WFNC – Club Welfare Officer

ROLE:

Be the point of contact for players, parents, coaches and club officials to take incidents that need reporting

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Keep a detailed log book of dates, times, locations and specifics of conversations that he/she has held with members of the club.
• Be clear and fair, working through the WFNC Complaints Resolution Process.
• The Welfare Officer must understand mandatory reporting.

NEXT STEPS:

If the problem relates to an issue outside the scope of their qualifications – the WNFC Club Welfare Officer must

• Inform the WFNC committee of the issue
• Detail all findings that have been entered into the log book to the committee aS deemed appropriate.
• The WFNC Committee determines if the issue is a Moral Obligation or a Legal Obligation and progresses forward.
  • MORAL – The WFNC Committee then has the opportunity to obtain assistance from the CMFNL to be a mutual mediation process
  • LEGAL – The WFNC will report the issue to the relevant Authority.

WFNC –Good Sports Policy

All committee members, subcommittee members, coaches and officials must agree to the Goods Sports Policy at the start of each season.

ADULT DRINKING

• Abide by the rules of responsible serving of alcohol to adults. If a person has consumed too much alcohol they must be given water and not served any more alcohol
• Any person that purchases alcohol for a person that has been “cut-off” will also be stopped from receiving more alcohol

UNDERAGE DRINKING

• No underage person is to be served alcohol
• Zero tolerance on underage drinking at our reserve or club functions.
• If an underage person is found to be in possession of alcohol it is to be removed

DRUGS

• Zero Tolerance on drugs being used or in possession of any person at the reserve or club functions

LIQUOR LICENSE

• The WFNC Liquor license must be adhered to, with Zero Tolerance on staying past the allocated time.
• “cut-off” – term used to describe that a member of the bar staff has refused the rights for a person to purchase alcohol due to being intoxicated or acting in poor behaviour

PROCESS:

• Any person identified to have broken the rule will be served with an official club warning.

WFNC – Social Media Policy

All committee members, subcommittee members, coaches and officials must agree to the Social Media Policy at the start of each season.

POLICY:

• Relates to all modes of Social Media
• Slander and Discrimination
• Sexual Conduct Laws
• Cyber bullying
• Bring the Woorinen FNC into disrepute

PROCESS:

OBJECTIVE:

• It is the Woorinen FNC Responsibility to protect and care for all of our members and families

RESPONSIBILITY:

• Due to the difficulty of being involved in a country community the Woorinen FNC has enlisted the assistance of the CMFNL. The Woorinen FNC welfare officer will work through each issue under the Complaints Resolution Process. If at any stage the investigation becomes a conflict of interest for the parties involved, the Welfare Officer will send the investigation to the CMFNL to coordinate.

MEMBER ACCEPTANCE:

• As a member of the Woorinen FNC, you accept and understand that the WFNC administrators are volunteers, who have Moral and Legal obligations to report incidents to the club Welfare Officer and further if required.

WFNC – Messenger Group Chat Policy

The Woorinen FNC Welfare Officer must be notified of any private group chat associated with a playing group within the club.

• WFNC will not permit any messenger/closed facebook or any other forms of closed group chats for any junior sporting teams. All communication with junior teams will be via the WFNC Official facebook page (this includes Colts football and U17 Netball sides).
• No player under the age of 18 is allowed to be added to a Senior Group Chat Group without parental approval.
• One committee member will also be included in all group chats elected by the Welfare Officer
  • At any stage the WFNC committee member has the right to shut down the group if the conversations are not in line with the policy
• The group messenger is to be used as a tool by the coaches and administration to notify players of training schedules, game day plans and club events.
• There is zero tolerance for any negative comments in regards to the CMFNL, Other CMFNL clubs,

CMFNL players WFNC Administration, other WFNC players.

Always ask – what can I do to help make the WOORINEN FOOTBALL NETBALL CLUB a better community club for my family?

WFNC – COACHES, TEAM MANAGERS, COMMITTEE & SUB-COMMITTEE AGREEMENT

A meeting is to be held with all parties before registration day each season that will

1. Outline WFNC Complaints Process
2. Introduce WFNC Club Welfare Officer
3. Explain log book and due process
4. Explain Social Media Policy
5. Explain Good Sport Policy
6. Explain responsibility as an administrator of this club

These steps are taken to protect our coaches; to give support to the administration and to help educate and create a happy and healthy environment for our players.

Any members who take on a role as a coach, team manager, committee member, sub-committee member must

1. Be a financial member of the Woorinen FNC Inc.
2. Sign the Code of Conduct acceptance below and agree to all terms within this document.

ACCEPTANCE:

By signing you accept responsibility as a member of the Woorinen FNC Football Department to uphold our core values, and make sure that all members abide by these rules.

Any issue that arises must be taken to the WFNC Club Welfare Officer who will enter the data into the journal. If you chose to not report an issue, as a club we cannot use this at a later date.

O – Accept to uphold the WFNC Code of Conduct
O – Accept to uphold the WFNC Social Media Policy
O – Accept to uphold the WFNC Group Messenger Policy
O – Accept to uphold the WFNC Goods Sports Policy

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